Thats what they said on SNET too. Hit was legal. I am still unsure, why a player MUST fight after landing a hit on a player. The guy paid price for being weak on skates, why fight other guy for that?

It was a borderline hit on the captain. Of course you are going to go after the guy. I'm not too thrilled about the instigator, but I'd rather have them take the instigator than let them take runs at one of our best players with no repercussion.

I can't stand you people that say all the ******** about not taking off the visor. Clarkson goes and instigates a fight, which didn't get called, why should Phaneuf have to take his visor off for making a hit? Like seriously, **** off.

If Phaneuf went after a guy and didn't take his visor off, alright, but that wasn't the case. If a guy came after me because I made a hit, yeah right, I wouldn't take my visor off.

It was a borderline hit on the captain. Of course you are going to go after the guy. I'm not too thrilled about the instigator, but I'd rather have them take the instigator than let them take runs at one of our best players with no repercussion.

I never said he jumped him, but Clarkson got 2 for roughing for a reason.

He knew what he was doing, challenging someone with a visor in that manner.

All I'm saying is he had plenty of opportunity. It's not like he thought he could talk Clarkson out of it. If you're going to go in the end anyway, you may as well take off the visor not delay and then try and surprise Clarkson. It's not up to 'code', but it's not a huge deal either way.

Clarkson doing his job. You can't let Parise take a borderline play like that.

No idea how people can call that a 'clean' hit, though. Parise didn't have the puck. Textbook interference. The hit itself wasn't egregious, even though it was to the head.

If Kessel got rocked the Leafs would have stuck up for him too. If a team's star player gets hit like that there is nothing with responding

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with what Clarkson did. Phaneuf dropped Parise and it's entirely in Clarkson's right to send his message.

I just think that Phaneuf shouldn't HAVE to fight there. If Clarkson comes up and taps his pads and Phaneuf wants to go, by all means but Dion really had no choice. Clarkson challenged him for an eternity with no intention of paying attention to the play. It just seems like cut and dry instigating to me. In the end we got the PP so I don't care that much.

Your calling out Phaneuf, for accepting a challenge after a clean hit, because he fights with his helmet on.

Maybe Clarkson shouldn't have challenged him then?

Yeah he could have skated away there, but he didn't, so if you fight, take off your helmet if you have a visor. It's not a big thing. Nobody forced him to fight, in the end it was his descision so make it a fair fight then

All I'm saying is he had plenty of opportunity. It's not like he thought he could talk Clarkson out of it. If you're going to go in the end anyway, you may as well take off the visor not delay and then try and surprise Clarkson. It's not up to 'code', but it's not a huge deal either way.

Clarkson doing his job. You can't let Parise take a borderline play like that.

But why does he have to?

It's not like he went looking for a fight, that would be different.

He has no obligation to remove his helmet in a fight started by someone else.

Colton Orr, his teammate, had his career nearly ended because he had his head slammed to the ice after a fight.

Yeah he could have skated away there, but he didn't, so if you fight, take off your helmet if you have a visor. It's not a big thing. Nobody forced him to fight, in the end it was his descision so make it a fair fight then

So Clarkson came over to him just to chat? Clarkson wanted to fight. If Phaneuf was going after him, okay, but it was the other way around. I wouldn't take my visor off if someone is chasing after me for a fight.